“What is most frustrating is the high number of penalties related to impaired driving,” said Andrew Cartmell, president and CEO of SGI in a release on Friday. “(But) thanks to new vehicle seizure laws, drivers that don’t plan a safe ride home and choose to drive while impaired can now be removed from the road immediately.”

Preliminary data for 2013 shows 135 people were killed and 6,934 were hurt in roadway collisions in the province.